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List:       ilugc
Subject:    Re: [Ilugc] Debian needed
From:       Kumar Appaiah <akumar () iitm ! ac ! in>
Date:       2005-01-31 13:27:59
Message-ID: 20050131131559.GA9992 () athreya ! ee ! iitm ! ernet ! in
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 11:56:09PM +0100, Paulo R. M. Serra wrote:
>             I have found your message in ilugc about installing debian on
> 915 motherboard.
> 
>             I have solved the problem of the SATA disks by choosing the
> "compound" driver mode on the bios setup, but it does not recognize the
> sound board. I am not a linux expert, have you been able to make it work
> (with sound) on the intel 915 ?

The sound works fine. There are just two steps.

1.Find the version of the kernel you are running (using uname
  -r). Then get the kernel headers corresponding to your kernel using
apt-get install
kernel-headers-x.xx.. (e.g. kernel-headers-2.6.8-386-2).

2.Get the ALSA drivers from http://www.alsa-project.org (1.0.8 or
  later). Extract the archive and do the customary ./configure;make;
  make install. Of course, make sure you specify the correct directory
  to configure to look for the kernel headers, e.g. ./configure
  --kernel-src-dir=... or the like. Also do the same for
  alsa-utils. Finally, run /usr/sbin/alsaconf to get you sound card
  on.

As for the graphics, I have not had any success, as XFree86 in Debian
doesn't have support for i915. However, the proper kernel and the DRI
drivers from http://dri.sf.net should do the trick. But I haven't done
it yet, as the package given there is for kernel source. But I'll try
it soon. Any pointers from others using similar hardware would be
helpful.

Thank you.

-- 
Kumar Appaiah

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